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Video: Shield Victory For Scotland 7S

Despite losing three games from three on day one of the opening leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series Scotland 7s managed to regroup and come away with a trophy today.

Though, they are still not where they want to be, positives have emerged from the second day of competitive action at the Gold Coast 7s. The side showed they are capable of winning and winning well, with two high-scoring victories against Portugal (33-0) and the USA (40-5).

Unfortunately, losing their first match against England (35-7) meant they had to progress in the Shield, rather than the higher seeded Bowl.

Head coach, Phil Greening, said: “We’re slowly getting to where we want to be and I really hope that people can see a change in us. I think we won the last two games today because we stuck to our game plan and played the way we want to play. Also, we didn’t force anything and took our time.”

Looking at the team performance, after going down to England and with a single try from James Fleming and conversion from Colin Gregor, the side re-injected an attacking flair.

This saw Fleming add seven more tries to his running total on the circuit, with a hat-trick in both the Portugal and USA games. His tally now stands at 49.

Joining him on the score-sheet was Michael Maltman and Mark Robertson in the Shield semi-final and Michael Fedo, in the final, with another hat-trick. Gregor added the extras four and five times, respectively in the two games.

Gregor said: “We achieved our game plan today and we were able to open up James Fleming on the wings and if he wasn’t getting round the last man and scoring, he was creating the space for players through the centre. We played more as a team and that paid off as we progressed.

“Winning the Shield is a good way to finish off this tournament and the two victories give us a building block for Dubai.”

Scotland 7s will next compete in the Dubai 7s on Friday 30 November and Saturday 1 December.